Pronounce the Fear of Long Words
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. It may seem daunting at first, but if you take your time and break the word up into pieces, it is actually quite easy to pronounce.
Steps
- Know the word. It is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.
- Break the word into up into its root words. Hippopoto-monstro-sesuiquipedalio-phobia. Hippopoto is the misspelled form of Hippopotamus, Monstro comes from the Latin Monstrum, meaning Monster, Sesquipedalio comes from Sesquipedalian, a very long word, and lastly Phobia, an extreme or irrational fear of something.
- Break the word up into easy to pronounce pieces. Hippo-poto-monstro-sesqui-pedalio-phobia.
- Start with Hippo. It is pronounced Hi-poh.
- Follow with Poto. Pronounce it as Po-toh.
- Next comes Monstro. Say Mon-stroh.
- Then there is Sesqui. Pronounce Ses-kwee.
- Say Pedalio. This is pronounced as Peh-dah-leejoh.
- Finish with Phobia. Say it like Foh-beejah.
- Practice saying each piece.
- Pronounce the whole word. Hi-poh-po-toh-mon-stroh-ses-kwee-peh-dah-leejoh-foh-beeja.
- Practice the pronunciation until you can say the word without hesitations.
Tips
- Many people leave an ever so small pause between Hippopotomonstro and Sesquipedalophobia. This is because to prevent struggling with the word and for better pronounciation.
- If you can read the International Phonetic Alphabet, this may help to pronounce the word: /ˌhɪ.pə.pɒ.təˈmɒn.strəˌsɛ.skwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪəˌfoʊ.bɪə/.
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